Abstract :
Dr. Peter Magyar (IEEE M´91, SM´04, F´07) received the Dipl. eng. and the Dr. tech. degrees from the Budapest University of Technology, Hungary, in 1967 and 1975, respectively. From 1967 to 1991, he was with the Department of Automation of the same university as an assistant professor and a research associate. From 1982, he led the Laboratory of Microprocessor Controlled Drives of the same department. The profile of the laboratory was education and industrial research and development in the field of digitally controlled power electronics systems. Dr. Magyar has been author and co-author technical papers and books and filed more than 30 patents. His research interest focused on control and mathematical modelling of electrical drives and power converters.